#2 Diesel vs Sycho Sid (In Your House 1 - May 14, 1995)
By May of 1995, Diesel had reigned as WWF Champion for six months but had failed to ignite as Champion.
Aside from passable bouts versus the smaller and more agile Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart, Diesel's title defences were lumbering, dull, awkward bouts.
The problem was that the Champion was primarily pitted against men larger and less agile than him. He was incapable of carrying matches himself given his relative inexperience; a fact that often led to disaster.
Diesel was programmed in an interminable three-month feud with the former Sid Justice, newly monikered Sycho Sid.
Their first bout at the inaugural In Your House event was a complete and total bore.
The match went nearly 12 minutes. In truth, if it was to stand a chance as a match it needed to go half that.
The half of the match that should have been cut was Sid holding Diesel in a chinlock which lasted around five minutes. Bereft of drama or heat, this hold killed the crowd's limited interest in the headline bout.
Both men exchanged powerbombs before Sid's ally, Tatanka jumped in for the DQ finish.
The interminable match didn't even have a proper finish. A total mess from start to finish.